Egypt announces EGAS 2022 International Bid Round result with four blocks awarded
The Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources announced the results of the international bid round by the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) for the search and exploration of natural gas and crude oil in the Mediterranean Sea and Nile Delta regions, which closed in mid-July 2023. Four exploration areas were awarded, three of which […]
PGS Links Nile Delta, Herodotus Basin in New GeoStreamer Acquisition Offshore Egypt
PGS is bridging the gap between the renowned Nile Delta and the promising Herodotus Basin with the EGY23 Merneith survey offshore Egypt. The acquisition of fresh 3D GeoStreamer data in this deepwater area is expected to yield detailed insights into prospective opportunities in a region that has captured considerable industry attention of late. The Herodotus […]
Joint Venture of Wintershall Dea and EGAS First to Achieve Zero Routine Flaring in Egypt
Wintershall Dea and its partner, the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS), have achieved zero routine flaring at the DISOUCO Joint Venture in Egypt. The JV company between EGAS and Wintershall Dea becomes the first company in Egypt to do so. In October 2022 Wintershall Dea and EGAS signed a letter of intent to reduce […]
Wintershall Dea makes new Natural Gas Discovery in East Damanhour Block
Wintershall Dea announced that it, along with its partners, has made a new natural gas discovery in the East Damanhour exploration block in the onshore Nile Delta. It said that the licensees, operator Wintershall Dea (40%) and partners Cheiron Energy (40%) and INA (20%), as well as the Egyptian Gas Holding Company (EGAS) will assess […]
PGS Release West Egypt MC3D Depth Merge and Interpretation
PGS, in collaboration with EGAS, has completed an extensive 3D GeoStreamer data acquisition and imaging campaign in Egypt’s west Mediterranean Sea. These data have now been merged into a single full stack depth seismic volume (KPSDM), including two pre-existing reprocessed overlapping MC3D surveys (legacy 3D data). The wider area was mapped using 2D seismic data in 2016 […]
Shell, EGAS, Petronas award Idku Energy Hub project FEED to Bechtel-led coalition
Decarbonizing Egypt’s facilities for a net-zero future Shell Egypt, EGAS and Petronas have awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract to a Bechtel-led coalition that includes Enppi and Petrojet to study a proposed unified power system between the onshore gas processing plant of the West Delta Deep Marine (WDDM) gas fields in the Mediterranean […]
EGAS, KANFER Shipping & LETH facilitating LNG bunkering in Suez Canal, Egypt
Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS), Kanfer Shipping (KANFER) and Leth Suez Transit (LETH) are facilitating for a strategic and competitive LNG bunkering hub in the Suez Canal. EGAS, KANFER and LETH signed an MoU on the 3rd of February 2022 with the purpose of establishing LNG bunkering services in Egypt Mediterranean, the Suez Canal and […]
Wintershall Dea and EGAS sign MoU for Carbon Management and Hydrogen Solution
Wintershall Dea reinforces its ambition to grow globally in low-carbon energy solutions. In light of this, the company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with its Egyptian partner, the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS), to explore opportunities in the areas of carbon capture and storage (CCS) and hydrogen. Chief Operating Officer Dawn Summers, […]
bp awarded King Mariout Offshore exploration block in Egypt’s West Mediterranean
bp has been awarded an exploration block offshore Egypt following its successful participation in the limited bid round organised by the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company in 2021. The King Mariout Offshore area, with 100% bp working interest, is located approximately 20 kilometres west of the Raven field in the Mediterranean Sea. The block covers […]
Chevron signs agreement to drill first its exploration well in Egypt’s Mediterranean
US energy company Chevron is planning to drill the first exploration well in its concession area in the eastern Mediterranean next September, the firm’s president Mike Wirth said. The move comes as the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Co., or EGAS, signed an initial agreement with the US company to cooperate in the activities of transporting, […]
